Relearning from Las Vegas - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0816650608 ISBN 13: 9780816650606

Publisher: Univ Of Minnesota Press, 2008

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Immediately on its publication in 1972, Learning from Las Vegas, by Robert Venturi, Denise Scott Brown, and Steven Izenour, was hailed as a transformative work in the history and theory of architecture, liberating those in architecture who were trying to find a way out of the straitjacket of architectural orthodoxies. Resonating far beyond the professional and institutional boundaries of the field, the book contributed to a thorough rethinking of modernism and was subsequently taken up as an early manifestation and progenitor of postmodernism.

Going beyond analyzing the original text, the essays provide insights into the issues surrounding architecture, culture, and philosophy that have been influenced by Learning from Las Vegas. For the contributors, as for scholars in an array of fields, the pioneering book is as relevant to architectural debates today as it was when it was first published.

Contributors: Ritu Bhatt, Karsten Harries, Jean-Claude Lebensztejn, John McMorrough,  Katherine Smith, Dell Upton, Nigel Whitely.

About the Author

Aron Vinegar is Assistant Professor in the Department of History of Art at Ohio State University.

MICHAEL J. GOLEC is an Assistant Professor of art and design history at Iowa State University. He is the author of American Design Culture (forthcoming) and the co-editor of Instruction and Provocation, or Relearning from Las Vegas.

Edition details

• Publisher: Univ Of Minnesota Press
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0816650608
• ISBN 13: 9780816650606
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 208
• Editor: Vinegar Aron, Golec Michael J.